Head-gear.



O. SCHROM.v

HEAD GEAR.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 14, 1913.

1 ,1 84,032. Patented May 23, 1916.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

OSCAR SCHROM, 0F MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN, ASSIGNOR T0 MAX NEUMANN, QF BERLIN, GERMANY.

HEAD-GEAR.

Application filed August 14, 1913.

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, OSCAR ScnnoM, a citizen of the United States, residing at Milwaukee, county of Milwaukee, and State of Wisconsin, have invented new and useful Improvements in Head-Gear, of which the following is a specification.

The object of my invention is to provide a form of head gear of the turban type, which may be composed of one piece of material adapted to be quickly adjusted about the head in the form of a turban and securely held in position of use by a single button.

In the drawings Figure 1 illustrates my improved head gear as it appears when partially adjusted to position of use. Fig. 2 is a view of the blank from which my improved head gear is formed as it appears before it is gathered to form the completed article. Fig. 3 is a view of my improved head gear when not in use.

Like parts are identified by the same reference characters throughout the several views.

My improved head gear may be formed of silk, knitted material or any other suitable fabric. The material of which it is composed comprises a rectangular piece of fabric having a body portion A and partially sub-divided by a slit B extending 1nwardly from one end to form a pair of leg portions 0 and D. This piece of fabric is gathered inwardly at the upper corners, and from each side of the leg portions C and D respectively, the margins moving inwardly substantially to the dotted line a in Fig. 2. A button E or other suitable fastening member is secured to the upper end portion of the fabric and retains the gathering at this end. The lower ends of each leg portion C or D is provided with a counterpart fastening member F, preferably comprising an elastic loop, which serves the double purpose of retaining the lower ends of the legs in gathered position and also of connecting them with the fastening E, when in position of use.

In use, the upper portion of the body A is applied over the top of the head with the fastening E at or immediately above the forehead of the wearer. The leg portions C and D are then crossed at the back of the head andpassed around at the sides of the head upon or above the ears and the ex- Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 23, 1916.

Serial No. 784,715.

tremities brought together or nearly together at the fastening E. The loops F, or any other fastening member that may be used on the legs, are engaged with the fastening E, whereby all the parts are bound in posit on upon the head. The device is similar in appearance to a turban, is more easily adjusted, neater in appearance, and is held to the head with such security that it is peculiarly adapted for use as a yachting or motoring head gear.

I claim 1. A head gear comprising a piece of fabric having a longitudinal slit in the cen tral portion of one end, the other end constituting a body portion adapted to fit over the head of the wearer, the slitted end forming leg portions adapted to be crossed and wrapped around the head with the extremitles in proximity at the forehead, said body portion being gathered inwardly from each corner and having a fastening substantially at the center of the upper margin, said leg portions being also gathered inwardly from each side and progressively to their lower extremities and provided with fastenings at their extremities adapted to hold the gathering and also adapted to engage the first mentioned fastening member when the legs are crossed and folded about the head to position of use, substantially as described.

2. As an article of manufacture, a fabric head covering comprising a hoodlike portion having two tabs adapted to be wound crosswise about the back of the neck and head, a fastening element at the front of the hoodlike portion, and fastening elements at the ends of the tabs whereby said tabs' may be secured to the front of the hoodlike portion when in place thereon.

3. As an article of manufacture, a fabric head covering comprising a hoodlike portion having a button at the front thereof and provided with two rearwardly extending tabs which are adapted to be wound crosswise around the back of the neck and head, the said tabs being provided at their free ends with loops whereby they may be fastened on to the button secured to the front of the hood-like portion.

4. In a cap, a brow portion, a body portion, parts on said body portion extending downward in the direction of their length, securing means on the lower ends of said the head and secure to the brow portion by said securing means on their lower ends.

5. In a cap, a brow portion, securing means on said brow portion, a body portion extending from said brow portion, said body portion being divided in the direction of its,

length, attaching means on the lower ends of said divided portions, said attaching 

